College Resources

Books

School Guides

Guide to Distance Learning Programs (2003)                                  374.26/GUI

Guide to College Majors (2006)                                                     YA 378.1924/GUI 2006

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (2006)                       YA/378.7/BRO

Providence College Off the Record (2006)                                     YA/378.7/PRO

Rhode Island School of Design Off the Record (2006)                    YA/378.7/RHO

University of Rhode Island Off the Record (2006)                           YA/378.7/UNI

Guide to American Graduate Schools 9^th Edition (2004)                  REF/378.73/GUI 2004-2005

National Review College Guide: America’s 50 Top                         378.73/NAT

Liberal Arts Schools (1991)

Peterson’s Four Year Colleges (2008, 2007)                                  378.73/PET 2007

                                                                                             REF/378.73/PET 2008

Peterson’s Two Year Colleges (2008, 2007)                                  378.73/PET 2007

                                                                                                      REF 378.73 2008

Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools you should                         YA/378.73/POP 2006

know even if you’re not a straight-A student (2006, 1996)              378.73/POP 1996

Students' guide to colleges: the definitive guide to                             YA/378.73/STU   

America's top 100 schools… (2005)

About College

Getting Ready for College: Everything you need                               378.198/BER

to know before you go (2003)

Parents Guide to Sex, Drugs and Flunking Out:                               378.98/EPS

Answers to the questions your college student

doesn’t want you to ask (2001)

Money, Funding and Scholarships

College Money Handbook (2006 & 2007)                                     REF/378.3/PET/2007

                                                                                                      378.3/PET/2006                                                                                                  

The Scholarship Book 1998-1999 (1998)                                      378.3/CAS

Financing College (1997)                                                                378.3/DAV

Funding a College Education (1996)                                               378.3/D

Paying for College Without Going Broke (2000)                             378.3/PAY/2000

Scholarship Scouting Report: Insider’s guide to                               378.34/KAP

America’s Best Scholarships (2003)

How to go to College Almost for Free (2002)                                 378.34/KAP

Guides to Application Process

The truth about getting in: a top college advisor tells                         YA/378.161/COH      

you everything you need to know (2002)

Real U Guide to planning for college (2004)                                    YA/378.161/OVE   

Admission Matters: What Students and Parents                               YA/378.161/SPR

Need to Know about Getting into Colllege

Rock Hard Apps: How to write a killer college                                378.1/COH

Application (2003)

College Essays that Made a Difference                                            378.1/COL

(With 89 real essays) (2003)

The College Application Essay (with 50 sample                               378.1 McG

essay questions) (1997)

Acing the College Application (2002)                                              378.161/HER

Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean: An                   378.161/MIT

Expert’s advice into getting into college (2001)

Playing The Private College Admissions Game (1986)                     378.73/MOL   

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